Xu Rong arranged his family in his old nest Xingyang, and he quickly rushed to Huayin with 500 cavalry.

"Strategist."

"Why are you back again?" Li Ru asked in surprise when he saw Xu Rong in front of him.

Xu Rong told Li Ru everything he knew without reservation, and expressed his doubts by the way.

After Li Ru heard this, he smiled and said:

"You're still underestimating the people you picked."

Looking at Xu Rong's uncertain face, Li Ru explained:

"Duan Xuan received a message in Huayin that Liu Biao had sent troops to capture Nanyang County."

Xu Rong is not a fool, Li Ru dialed it a little, and Xu Rong immediately understood, as long as Jiang Hong insisted until Yuan Shu retreated, plus his own defection, this large piece of territory in the southeast would have to be Jiang Hong's sooner or later.

After receiving Li Ru's order, Xu Rong immediately led the army back to Xingyang. At the same time, Yuan Shu also knew that his hometown Nanyang had been stolen by Liu Biao, and he was furious, not only withdrawing troops from Chen State, but also immediately sending someone to inform Zhang Xun to withdraw his troops from Jiujiang and join forces to rescue Nanyang.

Originally, Xu Rong was still a little worried about whether there would be an accident when he passed by Yuan Shu's territory. As a result, it is good now, Yuan Shu has left with the army, and Zhou Ang in Chen State is also barely surviving, barely surviving, and has no energy to control himself, and no one in Yuzhou can stop him.

The icing on the cake is far less good than sending charcoal in the snow, Xu Rong knows this truth very well. Although he didn't help Jiang Hong at his most critical moment, now that Jiang Hong was beaten by Yuan Shu to the weakest, he was like a sweet spring in the desert to him.

Along the way, the defenders of various counties and counties in Yuzhou saw thousands of cavalry passing by them, and they didn't dare to let go of a single fart, but instead closed the city gate, for fear that none of these cavalry would be dissatisfied and raid the city gate.

Yuan Shu, who was stationed in Wuyang, learned that there was a cavalry on his territory, and his heart was also suddenly tightened, most of his soldiers and horses were in Wuyang, and some were in Zhang Xun's hands, and Yuzhou had no extra troops at all.

If this cavalry was sincere in causing trouble in Yuzhou, Yuan Shu would have no other way but to send Yuan Yao to deal with it.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu soon learned that this cavalry did not have the slightest interest in the many counties and counties in Yuzhou, as if they were passing through Yuzhou to hurry, and the stone hanging in the center of Yuan Shu's heart suddenly fell.

Yuan Shu doesn't want to care where this cavalry is going now, as long as he doesn't move his own territory, Yuan Shu is now fully engaged in the war to recover Nanyang County.

On the other side, Chen Zhi led the army to Wu County, and saw Gu Yong, who was very busy, you must know that Gu Yong in order to pacify Jiang Hong's rear, persuaded the elders of various families, and dealt with a large number of government affairs accumulated after Lu Su sent to Jingzhou, and Gu Yong was eager to tear himself into two pieces to use.

Originally, Yuan Shu withdrew his army, which was a great thing, but Jiang Hong fell ill at this juncture, and Yan Baihu in the south of Wu County openly rebelled again.

When the dragons were leaderless, Gu Yong also distracted himself from handling military affairs, gathering soldiers, and sticking to the county towns of Wu County, which was really used by one person as three people.

When Chen saw Gu Yong, he was startled. Originally, in Chen Zhi's impression, Gu Yong has always been a gentleman, modest, and unfazed.

But now, Gu Yong's eyes were red, bloodshot all over his eyeballs, his face was pale and haggard, his lips were chapped, and he had dark circles under the eyes of the two bosses, and his body looked hollowed out.

"Gu Taibo, do you want to go and rest for a while?" Chen Zhi asked worriedly.

"Uncle and nephew, how many people have you brought back?" Gu Yong ignored Chen Zhi's inquiry and asked rhetorically.

"That's 4,000." Chen Zhi replied truthfully.

“4000？” Gu Yong thought for a while, and said to himself, "With the defenders of Wu County, we can keep this half of Wu County." ”

"I came to Wu County on my own, not just to keep this half of Wu County." Chen Zhi replied very solemnly.

"Huh? Uncle Zhi, do you know that Yan Baihu's troops are as many as 13,000, and you plus the defenders from all over Wu County, there are only 7,000 people, and it is already very good to defend this half of Wu County, what are you doing to compete with Yan Baihu? Gu Yong asked excitedly.

"But when it comes to the time when He Yan Baihu must be resolved, the current lord is unconscious, and there is Cao Bao's army in the north, and there are no more troops to support. But if it is allowed to develop, Yan Baihu can invade the south. ”

"And if it drags on for too long, Xuzhou may not increase its troops, and at that time, the lord will suffer from the enemy on his back, and the crisis will be even more than before, so Yan Baihu must be solved on this trip." Chen Zhi said very solemnly.

Gu Yong let out a long sigh, he understood what Chen Zhi said, if he didn't defeat Yan Baihu with a thunderous battle, these already pure and innocent families would see Jiang Hong's weakness, and when the time came, it would be really difficult.

"Say, what can Yong Ke do for Uncle Zhi?" Gu Yong asked.

"I want Master Gu to use the strength of the Gu family to help me recruit 3,000 villagers, and then mobilize the defenders of each county to Wu County, leaving only 1,000 soldiers to guard the counties, and hand over the rest to Chen Dao." Chen Zhi said with an extremely solemn face.

Gu Yong, as the next head of the Gu family, can use some family power, and Chen Zhi also knows this. It is not difficult to recruit villagers, but there is not much time for Chen to arrive, and if there is the help of the Gu family, it will be much faster.

Gu Yong nodded, this matter was nothing to him, just a matter of saying a few words.

In Sheyang City, as the nest of Jiang Hong's family, coupled with Jiang Hong's vigorous development, not only the dilapidated city wall was renovated, but also increased in height and widening, and Lu Dai was also ready to expand the city in the future, so that Sheyang would become the first big city in Guangling.

Lu Dai shrank his troops, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers in the city, and in the face of Cao Bao's offensive, relying on the thick walls of Sheyang City, Lu Dai could originally counterattack.

But in order to capture Guangling, Tao Ying gritted his teeth and transferred another 15,000 soldiers from elsewhere.

Coupled with Cao Bao's original troops, there are 30,000. You must know that Xuzhou has only trained 60,000 new soldiers in recent years, and half of it has come at once, and Lu Dai does not dare to go out of the city to fight easily.

Since Guangling has long been Jiang Hong's territory, Wang Gang and Xu Hao have not played much role in Zhongdu Zeli, and the workshop of drunken incense has long been relocated to a small island in the center of Gaoyou Lake.

However, the water bandits in Zhongdu Zeli are still Jiang Hong's underground forces, and they are still there, relying on this part of the water bandits to intrude on Cao Bao's logistics, plus Lu Dai can't defend it, Cao Bao can't take Sheyang for a while.